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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 496827, member: 485"]
Matter of degree and interpretation.
Some of the elements (blocking schemes, pass routes, run plays off guard) were certainly in the Spring plan.  Maybe the de-emphasis on a blocking FB?
Hackett and Nassib have both described the major change in mid-August, once it was apparent that a fast tempo, no huddle, shutgun style was effective against our own defense.  So, they went with it as the guts of the "new offense".  Changed the play-calling so plays could be called on the fly.
 
The returning players, including Loeb, know the elements of the "new offense".   Funderbunk & Foster were in the team meetings; same for the likely OL replacements.  The new coaches have the playbook and all the video anyone could ever want.   So, it shouldn't be difficult to keep it going without Shafer.
 
New OC would be smart to build around what the players already know.  But it comes back to whether Loeb is the guy, whether he can execute an up-tempo, whether Lemon can be replaced . . .
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